Karius Neurophysiology of Cognition

Question 1

what makes up cognition?

Answer 1

language
exectutive functioning 
social
decision making
memory
visuospatial preception

Question 2

4 language areas needed for speaking?

Answer 2

Wernickes Area,
Arcuate Fasciculus,
Brocas Area,
Motor Cortex

Question 3

babies under 6 months are language universalists. what does that mean?

Answer 3

use all sounds even if not found in their parents native language

Question 4

between 6-9 months old babies start…

Answer 4

only using sounds in their native languge

Question 5

at age of 1 year babbling turns into…

Answer 5

true spoken language

Question 6

Second language learned as a baby activates what?

learned as a adult activates what?

Answer 6

• same as primary language

- adjacent region of Brocas Area

Question 7

part of brain used in executive functioning?

Answer 7

prefrontal cortex

Question 8

3 roles of prefrontal cortex

Answer 8

1- reward processing

2-integration of bodily signals

3-top down delayed gratification

Question 9

social cognition is what?

Answer 9

the ability to infer other’s feelings and expressions

Question 10

________controls the use of the eyes and directs
the gaze to that triangle (particularly the eyes) when
looking at human faces.

Answer 10

Amygdala is the location of the mirror neuron system

Question 11

The Primary Auditory Cortex is required for what?

Answer 11

preception of prosody…..pitch, loudness, other features of sounds

Question 12

Theory of the mind requires what pathway?

Answer 12

-Core pathway: Amygdala and connections

to the medial temporal lobes and orbitofrontal areas